Late mornings, low blood sugar, and 10k

I reached 10k! And I did it before Panda :D Well, she’s leading now, but I got to 10k before she did, and that’s enough for a celebratory sandwich.

So the waking up early didn’t really work out, I ended up staying in bed ‘til ten, and once I finally started writing, the first 200 words were so slow… I’m talking like hours in front of the computer, writing one paragraph. But then it kicked in, and I got reminded of why I love writing so much. I really do. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what makes it so awesome, but I know that those times, when the words are just writing themselves, I can’t help but love every second of it. It’s the nano-spirit y’all.  

It’s not like this was a particularly good day. I have a bunch of school stuff I should be doing, I forgot to buy a bunch of stuff I’m in need of, and I really should clean some animal cages. I also kinda forgot to eat, so once I had done my 10k I realized that my hands were shaking. But, you know. I just wrote like 3k words! I'm too happy to feel stressed :D
I'm really considering writing something useful or interesting on this blog, but... eh... tomorrow maybe?

Hugs and stuff
Xyssify

Honeymoon happiness!

First off, I totally forgot about this blog! But I'm alive, and I'm doing this, and this year, I'm gonna do it right! Damn straight I am! (Also the whole school/German thing, yeah it's gonna be a pain, but I will handle it 'cos that is what awesome people do xD)


So far it’s all great. Sure, in all honesty, I am writing this blog stuff because I’m stuck at the moment, but I’m past today’s goal anyway, so I guess I’m allowed to have a quick break... Delia might be leading, but I could try waking up before her tomorrow and see if I can up my word count a bit. But I’m still super excited and happy about this. I get to eat chocolate and pat myself on the back because guess who isn’t behind on her word count? It’s just all fun and games right now.


Okay, I can hear Amanda (or Bokpandan, whatever) tapping away on her keyboard through Skype. She’s stressing me out. It was so much more fun when I was winning.  But I’m going to try updating this blog thingy daily, so we’ll see if I’ll stick to that.

Xyssify

Sorry, I'm awful ^^

So, we are four days in Nano, and I think I have posted only one blog post. Sorry, I am awful, I know. But I thought I was goint to write a short, quick one, filled with typos and incorrect grammar and all that good stuff.
I have so many excuses, but mainly me trying to juggle school, social life (on minor scale, of course ^^), my pets - that I usually love, but for the moment are mostly draining my time and energy away from me - and Nano. And in difference from the amazing Amanda (I hate her... she's making me feel bad) I am a reeeaaally slow writer, partly because I suck, partly because of my perfectionism. I am serious, I have big problem with Writers Block, a.k.a. Writers Angst. 

While Amanda managed to write almost 7k words on the first two days, I just wrote 6,7 today, and I have been writing everyday... And her writing is usually much better than mine, so I can't even say that it is quality before quantity.

But so far everything is going well. I am not as quick as I hoped, but I know for sure that if I put my mind into it I can do my choirs, homeworks, and the daily goal (barely) AND I think that my story is going pretty well...

No, that was a lie. Not the manage-the-daily-goal thing, but the my-story-is-going-well part. It sucks.
But I am having so much fun, so it's definatelly worth it.

Also, plot bunnies are killing me! I just wanna snuggle with them all, and I have to force myself to think of my current plot when I go to bed, or taking the bus or whatever I am doing that would be a perfect opportunity to plan my story. But no, my mind wanders away to the thing I am going to write next. Rawr.

Sorry for short post, I will try to do a longer one tomorrow.
- Xyssify

Preparing for Nano

Two days left, today and tomorrow, and I'm so hyped :3
Amanda has been working on this blogg, fixin' the sidebars and stuff, the only thing I did was writing about myself... And writing this post of course ^^

I'm still in the planning stage... And with planning I'm of course talking about reading every single post on nano's forum. Or watching Game of Thrones (I've already seen every episode... twice... Nerd warning ^^). But I mean, there's still time. Two days. It's like an eternity.

Amanda mentioned that I had kinda, almost a plot. I do, I do. It's just that I don't know if I CAN write what I'm planning to write. If the mayor events are possible, or if I would babble about laws and environments that doesn't even exist. Man, fantasy is easier that way... And I'm still not sure about alot, and it just feels like I'm taking on a bit too much with trying to do this (for me) new genre while I'm trying to write 50k words in 30 days. Maybe I should change the plot. Maybe I should change the genre. It's just that I don't have any other good ideas... 

I'm also prepering for the Nano otherways. Like stocking up with chocolate and other sweets, still trying to find te (why aren't there any good types of te here in Germany?), or atleast sending my mom to find it, and prepering the music. Music is important when I write. The right kind of music blocks out the rest of the world and gives me ideas for plots, dialogues and moods. Of course, when I'm having writers block (a.k.a. to ashamed over my writing to continue) I'll just end up singing along if the music has lyrics, so I avoid that sort of music when my brain is going on writing strike. I usually end up listening to Vangelis, or the soundtrack to movies and games.

If anyones out there is reading this, are you doing the Nano's this year? Are you looking forward to it? And do you listen to music when you're writing? Do tell, I would love some comments (pwetty please?)

All from me I guess, see ya.
-Xyssify